Wisconsin

Bob Sheehan
(608) 246-1329To contact Operation Santa at the James A. Farley Post Office in New York please call 212-330-3000.

The Operation Santa Claus rules are as follows:

All “Dear Santa” letters are to be picked up at a post office in person. “Dear Santa” letters will no longer be sent out by mail and telephone requests are no longer accepted.

Companies and organizations can pick up letters by appointment only with your local post office if that facility has “Dear Santa” letters available. You will need to present a letter of introduction on company letterhead and a valid ID.

Individuals wishing to answer “Dear Santa” letters are not required to make an appointment. Please contact your local postmaster to see if Operation Santa Claus is available in your area at this time.

All “Dear Santa” helpers must agree with the USPS Privacy Act Statement listed on the PS Form 6012-1 (Operation Santa Letter Adoption Individual) and PS Form 6012 (Operation Santa Letter Adoption Third Party).

All “Dear Santa” helpers are required to show one piece of acceptable identification.

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Have your child mail their own letter to Santa

Did you know that Santa Claus has an official North Pole mailing address? Every year children write a letter to Santa and not knowing where exactly to send it, ask their parents to mail it to the North Pole for them. Why not create even more magical memories and have your child stamp and address their very own letter and mail it to him directly? This way they will know that their parents didn’t forget to send it out, and you will not have to keep hearing the question “did you send it?” Children enjoy sending mail as much as they enjoy receiving it, and having a physical address to mail their letter for Santa will further guarantee in their continued belief in Santa Claus.

So make sure that you take the time with your children, go over their Christmas wish list to ensure that their grammar is correct (and so you know what they are wishing for) and have your child send their letter to Santa by themselves. Not only will they be completely thrilled with the idea of being able to mail their own package but they will also be assured that you didn’t mess things up. Please take note of the mailing address now because you are going to need it before you know it.

Individual customers and representatives of organizations wanting to adopt a letter must come to a participating Operation Santa Post Office in person. Both individual customers and organizational representatives must fill out the proper PS Forms 6012 (organization), 6012-A (organization record of letter), or 6012-I (individual) and show identification before viewing any letters.

For organizations wanting to adopt a letter, please send a representative with correspondence on letterhead from your company/organization authorizing the representative to view the letters on behalf of your company/organization. Your representative must present his or her employee ID and a valid state driver’s license or state-issued ID card.

For individuals wanting to adopt a letter, please bring a valid state driver’s license or state-issued ID card.

After completing the forms, you may then read and choose a letter(s). To protect the anonymity of the letter writers, all personal information will be blacked out in the letters you view — no last names, addresses or contact information of any kind will be visible.

Bring your selections to a postal clerk so the clerk can notate which letter(s) you will adopt.

Here is the fun part — you get to be Santa’s helper by fulfilling the wishes of the letter writer.

Once you have fulfilled the wish, you simply bring your wrapped gift(s) back to the same Operation Santa location to mail.

Individuals and organizations will be responsible for paying the postage to mail the gifts to the recipient.

Once you pay the postage, the postal clerks will match your box with the letter writer by using an internal numbering system.

The clerk takes the box and retrieves the original letter using the numbering system to create a mailing label.

The return address on the box will read “Operation Santa, North Pole.”

The legacy of Walt Disney is now a $20 billion media giant. It includes film studios, TV networks, publishing houses, famous theme parks and hundreds of retail stores. Disney was the last of five children born in 1901 to parents who lived in Chicago. Disney became enamored with drawing and started a company with his brother Roy to try and build an animation business. Disney was barely making it financially.

On a long train ride back from a disastrous business setback in which he lost the rights to a character he had created, the idea came to Disney to create another character based on a mouse that scampered across his drawing board. This idea blossomed into the character of Mickey Mouse.

Later, when Disney spent an unprecedented $1.5 million to produce the masterpiece Snow White, critics and naysayers dubbed the project “Disney’s Folly.” However, the animated film became the most profitable ever released and set Disney on the path of creating animated classics, and he became known as the father of the animated-film genre.

Each year Santa gets thousands of letters from children who are not asking for the most popular toy or game of the season, even though they do want toys. Instead, they are asking for clothes, personal care items, gifts for siblings and parents. Or even their beloved pets!

We are sharing excerpts of the letters just as they are written so please overlook spelling errors.

Dear Santa Claus,

My dog wants to have some toys and trets and that is it.

Dear Santa,

Please send to my mom food or money for Christmas Dinner!

Dear Santa

My name is Chantal. I wold tell you that this year I’ve been good I have don all my homework and I respected my mom. At the same time I want to ask you to bring me something this year. My size in clothes is small and my size in shoes is s/2. I want a tablet and games of barbies. Thank you Santa. I believe in you.

Dear Santa and Mrs. Clause,

I can’t wait till Christmas! More than less to see you. Also I’m very sorry about my bad ups and downs. Please forgive me.

Love Emma

Dear Santa:

My name is Nathalia. I am 8 years old and I’m in third grade. I have a little brother and he is in kindergarten. We are good kids in school and at home too. We do our homework ad help mom with the housework. My dad works but my mom doesn’t and we don’t have that much money.We want you bring us presents for Christmas. I want toys for me and my brother. I promise you cookies and milk.

Love Natalia and Adrian

Dear Santa my my name is Edwin and I’m writting this letter to ask you for me and my brother and sister for clothes my mom is currently unable to work because she fell and may need back surgery please help me and my family have a better Christmas love Edwin.

Dear santa my name is Nyla am 7 years old. My mom work very hard she have me and my two sisters so she cannot by me what I want for christmas so can you please send me a doll house. Thanks Santa I love you.

Dear Santa Claus,

I really happy because the Christmas is here but we have problems with a money. My mother doesn’t have a job right now and my dad has only a part-time work, he is our support. However no money for gifts and I wanna one. My sizes is 5T for shoes is 9. I love you Santa and thank you for all! My best regards! Merry Christmas! Raymond

Dear Santa,

My name is Angel and I am 11 years old. I want an easy bake oven for Christmas. My mommy works hard & gets a little bit of money but there are 3 of us, me & my two other sisters, so my mom can’t buy what we all want. So Santa I am just asking for this one thing. Thank you and have merry christmas and a happy new year.